Crossodactylodes izecksohni

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| status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1

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| taxon = Crossodactylodes izecksohni

| authority = Peixoto, 1983

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Crossodactylodes izecksohni (common name: Izecksohn's bromeliad frog) is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae.

It is endemic to Santa Teresa in Espírito Santo state of eastern Brazil.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Leptodactylidae/Paratelmatobiinae/Crossodactylodes/Crossodactylodes-izecksohni |title=Crossodactylodes izecksohni Peixoto, 1983 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=8 March 2014}}

Etymology

The specific name izecksohni honours Eugênio Izecksohn, a Brazilian herpetologist.

Habitat and conservation

It inhabits forests and forest edges where its habitat is terrestrial and epiphytic bromeliads where its tadpoles develop. Its known range is within a protected area but habitat loss is occurring nearby. While its known range is very small, it is locally abundant.

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{{cite book |last1 = Beolens | first1 = Bo | last2 = Watkins | first2 = Michael | last3 = Grayson | first3 = Michael |title=The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT169 |date=2013 |publisher=Pelagic Publishing |isbn=978-1-907807-42-8 |page=169}}

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izecksohni

Category:Amphibians of the Atlantic Forest

Category:Endemic frogs of Brazil

Category:Amphibians described in 1983

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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